In March 2010 agent Sally van Haitsma founded van Haitsma Literary, a boutique agency located in Encinitas, California. She previously agented six years at the Castiglia Literary Agency and prior to that, worked at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. Sally has represented, among others, the NYTimes bestseller Wesley the Owl by Stacey O’Brien (Simon & Schuster); Silverstein & Me by Marv Gold (Red Hen Press); America Libre and House Divided by Raul Ramos y Sanchez (Grand Central); Hick by Andrea Portes (Unbridled Books, optioned for film); Does this Mean You’ll See Me Naked? by Robert Webster (Sourcebooks); NATO 2.0 by Sarwar Kashmeri (Potomac Books); and The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian (HarperCollins, optioned for film). Actively seeking new authors, Sally is interested in commercial and literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, education, business and current affairs. She has a Masters in Communication from UC San Diego and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.